The role of juries to be reinforced in the ACT

14/02/2011

The ACT Government will introduce reforms to the process of election for judge-alone trial to re-affirm the important role of juries in serious criminal trials, according to Attorney General Simon Corbell. The government's bill would require trials of serious offences like murder, manslaughter, culpable driving occasioning death and sexual offences (including child pornography offences), to be heard before a jury. Learn more>

**14 February 2011 **